Physician attitudes towards influenza immunization and vaccine mandates

被引：27

作者：

deSante, Jennifer E. ^{[1
]}

Caplan, Arthur ^{[2
]}

Shofer, Frances ^{[3
]}

Behrman, Amy J. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[2] Univ Penn, Ctr Bioeth, Dept Med Eth, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[3] Univ N Carolina, Dept Emergency Med, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA

[4] Univ Penn Hlth Syst, Dept Emergency Med, Philadelphia, PA USA

来源：

VACCINE | 2010年 / 28卷 / 13期

关键词：

Influenza; Immunization; Mandatory; Health-care worker; HEALTH-CARE WORKERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; NOSOCOMIAL INFLUENZA; ACCEPTANCE; INFECTION; CHILDREN; NURSES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.01.042

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Aim: We surveyed physicians' opinions and acceptance of influenza immunization. Scope: A web-based survey was sent to all physicians in two academic departments during spring 2009. Results: 227 (40.5%) physicians responded. Physicians who frequently cared for high-risk patients self-reported higher immunization rates than physicians with infrequent contact (P=0.0002). There were no significant differences in immunization rates between emergency medicine (EM) and internal medicine (IM), between those with and without children at home, nor by age group. A majority (84.6%) supported mandatory vaccination. IM physicians were more supportive of mandates than EM physicians (P<0.0001). Conclusion: Self-reported immunization rates were high among study physicians. Acceptance of mandatory vaccination was substantial, but varied by specialty. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：2517 / 2521

页数：5

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